It’s learnt that BCCI officials spent most of Friday and Saturday haggling with ICC organisers for extra tickets with a number of luminaries from the political and Bollywood world expected to turn up.

India have a splendid record against arch-rivals and neighbours Pakistan and it becomes an impeccable stat when it comes to ICC World Cup. India have played Pakistan six times in World Cups and won each of them.

India vs Pakistan Women’s World Cup 2017: At the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, Indian women’s team thumped Pakistan, a happy wave was experienced by all. Amitabh Bachchan, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Singh and a few others took to Twitter to send their best wishes for this women cricket team.

Hanifa Shaikh, a mother of three, says her husband Shaikh Mukaddar, a daily wager, was picked up at 1 am. “I begged them not to beat up my husband but they were unmoved. I don’t know if he had any enemies in village because he was always at work,’’ she says.

President Pranab Mukherjee offers his tribute to deceased soldiers on occasion of 50th anniversary of India's win over Pakistan in the war of 1965, at the India Gate war memorial in New Delhi.

India vs Pakistan Videos

The two teams haven't played against each other in a bilateral series since 2008. They will face each other at the on going Asia Cup on September 19. here is a look back at the last 5 matches played between them.